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A sunset clause? The news from the nuclear talks with Iran was already troubling. Iran was being granted the "right to enrich." It would be allowed to retain and spin thousands of centrifuges. It could continue construction of the Arak plutonium reactor. Yet so thoroughly was Iran stonewalling International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors that just last Thursday the IAEA reported its concern "about the possible existence in Iran of undisclosed ... development of a nuclear payload for a missile." Bad enough. Then it got worse: News leaked Monday of the "sunset clause." President Barack Obama had accepted the Iranian demand that any restrictions on its program...

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A sunset clause? The news from the nuclear talks with Iran was already troubling. Iran was being granted the "right to enrich." It would be allowed to retain and spin thousands of centrifuges. It could continue construction of the Arak plutonium...

GROTON — The retired Navy admiral who served until last year as the top officer at the sub base in New London has been hired as an executive at submarine builder Electric Boat.The company says Kenneth Perry will begin work next week as its...

In all the coverage of television anchorman Brian Williams and his woes, I have yet to read an article tracing the problem back to its roots: the national mythologizing of the 2003 Iraq invasion and the failure of the news media to do its job.
What is...

International Aero Engines, a joint engine manufacturing venture between Pratt & Whitney and two other aerospace firms, celebrated Tuesday the first flight of Embraer's new KC-390 military transport aircraft, whose two V2500 engines were assembled...

President Barack Obama delivered a gift to Connecticut's defense industry Monday by calling for the production of more planes, helicopters and submarines built in the state.
His proposed $585.3 billion defense budget for fiscal 2016 is larger than the...

SIMSBURY — Police have released the name of a woman killed in a two-car crash Monday.
Doris Blake, an East Hartland resident and former defense analyst, died, they said. She had recently turned 51.
The crash happened shortly after 3 p.m. Monday...

WASHINGTON — Despite tight budgets, gridlock in Washington and the end of earmarks for local projects, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, other Connecticut municipalities and the state continue to hire Washington lobbyists to represent their...

GROTON — The head of Electric Boat said Thursday that revived demand for nuclear submarines as part of the U.S. foreign policy's pivot to Asia will result in $500 million being spent over the next decade to upgrade the company's shipyard here."The...

GROTON — With U.S. attack submarines sidelined by extended delays at government shipyards, the Navy is turning to private companies to perform more of the maintenance work on the nuclear-powered vessels.The commander of the Navy's submarine force, Vice...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass.— Two Connecticut residents were injured when two military trucks collided on Interstate 91 near Northampton, Massachusetts state police say.The two were trapped in the cab of one of the trucks, which had rear-ended the one ahead of it...

WASHINGTON — The $1.1 trillion spending bill that Congress struggled to approve, with little help from the state's Democratic lawmakers, has some clear winners and losers in Connecticut.
Pratt & Whitney will benefit because the omnibus bill added...

If the semi-automatic AR-15 is a military weapon, as so many seem to think, then why don't any militaries in the world use it? I cannot find a single instance of the U.S. military ever using the semi-automatic AR-15 at any time in history.
The military...

Connecticut is now officially among states losing population with only Illinois and West Virginia losing more residents. For years, Connecticut has lagged behind most states in population growth, but at least we were growing a little bit — mostly...

WASHINGTON — The massive defense authorization bill that's making its way through Congress is an early Christmas present for Connecticut's defense contractors, containing billions of dollars for submarines, helicopters and other weaponry made by companies...

Windsor Locks native Michael J. Gunther was named the new commander of the USS McFaul, a guided-missile destroyer, last week in a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk.
Gunther, a 1981 graduate of Windsor Locks High School, took over from Commander Lester...

STORRS — Geno Auriemma says it has been an obsession of his to learn to play the piano. He has an iPad app, he says, and likes to fool around with it in his office.
The UConn women's basketball coach laughs when asked if his goal is to play the piano...

HARTFORD — A Norwich man who federal authorities say attacked two federal police officers Thursday night outside the main gate at Naval Submarine Base New London was ordered detained Friday during an appearance in U.S. District Court in Hartford.Gary...

NEWINGTON -- At the request of a town councilwoman, Police Chief Richard C. Mulhall sought to reassure the public Tuesday about planned uses of its new mine- and ambush-proof armored vehicle.
"There's no grenade launcher," Mulhall said....

The "Connecticut Veterans Parade" has named its 2014 Grand Marshals. The 15th annual procession will step off on Sunday, November 2 at 12:30 p.m. near the Connecticut State Capitol Building and march through Downtown Hartford. The parade is...